On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:27:58 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for the equivalent in postgresql to the v$session variables in > Oracle. In particular, I need to convert the following statement: > > select s.program, s.machine into :New.app_name,:New.comp_name from v$session > s where s.audsid=userenv('SESSIONID');
You want basically this information then: SQL> select s.program, s.machine from v$session s where s.audsid=userenv('SESSIONID'); PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------ MACHINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TNS V1-V3) linux There's no direct equivalent of v$session in PostgreSQL, and I don't know any way of determining the client program name (AFAIK). More information about monitoring user activity can be found e.g. here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/monitoring.html Ian Barwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster